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	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Mean,Min.,Max.)

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

03501500 LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER AT FRANKLIN, NC

LOCATION - Lat 35°11'09", long 83°22'17" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Macon County, NC, Hydrologic Unit 06010202, on right bank 4000 ft downstream of Cullasaja River, 2.5 miles downstream of Cartoogechaye Creek, 3.5 miles upstream of Porters Bend Dam, and at river mile 117.4.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1909 to March 1990, April 1921 to September 1921, and December 20, 2013 to February 1, 2016.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and acoustic velocity meter. Datum of gage is 1,992 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (from topographic map). April 1909 to March 1910, and April 1921 to September 1925, gage at a location 300 ft downstream of current site at a different datum. Satellite telemetry at streamgage.

REMARKS - Affected by backwater and occasional slight regulation caused by Porters Bend Dam on Lake Emory.

2014 - Records good except those for January 7 and 8, which are fair.
2015 - Records good.
2016 - Records good except those with estimated daily discharges, which are fair.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 13,100 cfs, December 24, 2015; maximum gage height, 11.41 ft, December 24, 2015; minimum discharge, 65 cfs, September 22, 1925.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - December 20, 2013 to January 7, 2016.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: December 2013 to January 2016.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: December 2013 to January 2016.

TURBIDITY: December 2013 to January 2016.

INSTRUMENTATION - Water Quality monitor with satellite telemetry from December 2013 to January 2016.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 26.0°C, July 30, 2015; minimum recorded, 0.0°C, January 08, 24, and 25, 2014.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 67 microsiemens, February 17, 2015; minimum recorded, 18 microsiemens, December 24, and 29, 2013.

TURBIDITY: Maximum recorded, 600 FNU'S, December 24, 2015; minimum recorded, 0.6 FNU'S, November 16, 2015.